Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
STATE ITEMS.

III. Griffin and wife, at Ashland. Mrs.
Griffin died from her injuries and Mr..
Griffin is In the hospital.
THE corner stone in the Vaughn LII
brary Building, at Ashland, was laid
under the auspices OF the Masonic
order. An address was delivered by
S. S. Fiield.
THE local committee gives notice
that the reunion of the Fourteenth
Regiment, announced to take place at
La Crosse September 27 to 20, has
been postponed to date to be here
after determined. This has been rem
dered necessary on account OF the ma
tional G. A. r. encampments at the
same time.
FRANK HAMBURGER, g. StOne-mason
aged So years, committed suicide by
hanging at La Crosse. He leaves q
wife and five children wholly destitute
of the means of support. He was at
work about the house g. short time
before committing the deed. He had
frequently expressed the view that
when man got tired OF life, he had
better take his life.
A NEW two.cent daily newspaper
called the Daily News, was issued from
the press of Burnett & Son, of Madi-
son, on the 10th. The paper, which
is edited by Clarence Burnett as man.
aging editor, and [. W. Jacobs as
city editor, is owned entirely by the
firm of Burnett & Son. The new sheet
is to be independe" in politics.
A TUBULAR we'll is being driven at
Ashland to the depth of 1875 feet.
THE sum Of 81 5 200 was paid for q
site for the postoffice building to be
erected at Ashland.
GEO. 2. KNOWLES and Dana G.
Lamb held a meeting at Sturgeon Bay
lately, during which they proposed
to undertake the building OF q railroad
from that place to Green Bay if Door
County would make up $4,000 in
bonds or money. The meeting voted
to accept the proposition.
ABOUT 3OO,OOO,OOO feet Of last win
ter's ogcut above Eau Claire will not
be available for cutting without q rise
in the water in the rivers above that
city.
AN alarming number Of cases of
diphtheria are reported in North La
Crosse. 1t is not epidemic, however.
Leopold Bitschnau came to Mil
waukee from Chicago, registering at
the Clifton House on the evening of the
18th. Next day he was found dead on
the floor OF his room. Hehad hanged
himself to the bedpost by his suspend
ers, dying from strangulation.
A peculiar accident occurred near La
Crosse to q picnic party that started
to drive several miles through the
woods. The party undertook to cross
q swamp place when the team found
cred and the quicks&nd consistency
of the earth let them down faster than
was expected. Before assistance
could be rendered the horses were In
the mire all over and soon suffo-
Gated.
The Madison creditors OF the Mendo
ia Steamer Company will attempt to
arrange matters SO that the steamer
can be put to work.
EXTENSIVE coal yards are to be 10
Gated at La Crosse by an Eastern
company, and the city will be made q
distributing point for the Northwest.
JOHN CURN, of North La Crosse,
who was struck on the head by q
bridge at Tunnel City while climbing a
side ladder on q, box car, is insane
from his hurts.
INFORMATION has been received by
Jens Lienloken, Of La Crosse, that
seven brothers and sisters and three
half brothers of the late Daniel Dan
ielson, of that city, are still living in
Norway and Sweden, and that the es-
tate of the deceased, valued at $1O.-
900, will be equally divided between
them.
A COMBINATION, headed by Weyer-
hauser, Denkman and Rutlege, OF
Rock Island, and embracing Cable, OF
Rock Island, Gardner, Bachelor and
Wells, of Lyons, Ia., and local lum-
bermen, has purchased all the pine
land tributary to the Chippewa River
owned by the Knapp-Stout Lumber
Company. This company has no
mills on the Chippewa River and
hence sells out to other manufactur.
ers. The tracts sold contain $780,.
100000 feet; consideration 100000.
Henry w. Sage, of New York, has sold
to the Mississippi River Logging Com
pany tract of pine land on Flambeau
River for $4,000.
ALvINA BRANDENBURG, aged Is
committed suicide at Milwaukee by
jumping into the river. A disagree
ment with her father was the cause OF
the act.
Ten persons were arrested at La
Crosse one evening recently, for bath
ing in the river within the city limits.
A1O YEAR-OLD boy named frankie
Hurd fell out of a boat at La Crosse
and was drowned.
AT La Crosse burglars ransacked the
residence Of A. P. Knutesen during the
night of the 18th and secured $40.
A small sum was secured from the res
idence OF Chris Scharpf.
The Sixth Ward school building at
Eau Claire, was struck by lightning,
and damaged to the extent of several
hundred dollars. The woodwork of
nearly every room was torn to pieces
and the cupola demolished.
BRADFORD CUMMINGS, who disap-